Brevity is the soul of command.
XENOPHONWhen a horse wants to display himself, he lifts his neck up high and flexes his poll haughtily, and picks his legs up freely, and keeps his tail up.
More Xenophon Quotes
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I am a stranger in all countries.
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Men, the enemy troops you can see are all that stands between us and the place we have for so long been determined to reach. We must find a way to eat them alive!
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And even as you’re working to ensure the health of your army, you must remember to take care of your own.
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Your game is to attack on whichever flank you can best conceal your advance, or, still better, on both flanks simultaneously.
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Let Your Tools Be Equal to the Task.
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Early on, you can expect no one to believe in your destiny as much as yourself.
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And in general, every ordinance made without the consent of those who are to obey it, is a violence rather than a law.
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He who marries a beautiful woman in hopes of being happy with her knows not but that even she herself may be the cause of all his uneasinesses.
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Misleaders are slow to work hard but quick to act on greed. They convince their men that dishonest behavior leads to great wealth.
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Nothing that is really good and admirable is granted by the gods to men without some effort and application.
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Let No One Fall Idle.
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Seize the Unexpected Opportunity.
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I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.
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He had put on the best-looking uniform that he could, thinking that, victory deserved the best-looking armour.
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Do you not take him to be just who commits no manner of injustice?
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